Vol. 5, No. 46 Tank Waste Programs Among Most Affected by COVID-19 Delays
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Contracts & Procurement
DOE Seeks Comments on Draft RFP for Moab Work
Comments are due Nov. 2 on a draft solicitation for a new, potentially decades-spanning contract for more than $500 million worth of work at the Uranium Mill Tailings Remedial Action Project in Moab, Utah, the Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management said Monday. The draft request for proposals (RFP) comes after the agency kicked […]
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Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile
DOE Publishes Final Rule on Nuclear Safety Management; First Update in 15+ Years
The Department of Energy on Sunday finalized changes to its rule about nuclear safety management that, according to the government’s independent nuclear health and safety watchdog, could encourage contractors to unsafely increase radioactive hazards in old buildings. After about two years of deliberation, the agency published its changes to Title 10, Part 830 of the […]
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Non-Proliferation
Russia Appears to Offer One-Year New START Extension for Warhead Freeze — and No Other Conditions
The Russian Federation on Tuesday appeared to offer a one-year extension of the New START nuclear arms-limitation treaty with the U.S., as long as a politically binding, bilateral warhead freeze is the only condition of such an extension, according to a statement posted online by the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The ministry posted a […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Most Savannah River Staff Now Working Onsite, Manager Says
The Department of Energy’s Savannah River Site in South Carolina already has about 65% of staff back working inside the fence, the top manager there said Friday. Mike Budney, manager of DOE Office of Environmental Management (EM) operations at Savannah River made the comments during his presentation to the South Carolina Nuclear Advisory Council. “That’s […]
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Reactor Licensing & Regulation
FirstEnergy On Alleged Mission to ‘Out’ Whistleblower to Send Message
When Michael Pircio blew the whistle on FirstEnergy Corp., the electric utility allegedly involved with former Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder’s $60 million racketeering scheme, the company filed a lawsuit to make an example out of him, Pircio said Monday in a court filing. When FirstEnergy found out that, days after his termination, Pircio downloaded […]
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Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile
NNSA Starts Rad-Sniffing Helo Flights Over D.C. for Inauguration Day Safeguards
The National Nuclear Security Administration’s radiation-sniffing helicopter started a campaign of low-altitude flights over Washington on Monday, part of an effort to safeguard against a nuclear-armed attack on January’s looming presidential inauguration. The agency routinely measures background radiation ahead of large public gatherings to create a base level against which the source of a radiological […]
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Contracts & Procurement
Responsive Non-Destructive Testing Wins Contract at U.K. Low Level Waste Site
Responsive Non-Destructive Testing will carry out quality inspection and testing at the United Kingdom’s low-level radioactive waste disposal facility after winning a 12-month framework contract this week. The 18-person U.K.-based company Responsive Non-Destructive Testing (NDT), a subsidiary of Responsive Ltd., has five bases across England and deals with destructive, non-destructive and mechanical testing as well […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
DOE Nuclear Cleanup Policy Manager Retiring
The top executive for regulatory and policy at the Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management is calling it a career in a couple of weeks. Elizabeth “Betsy” Connell, the associate principal deputy assistant secretary for regulatory and policy affairs, will retire at the end of the month following a career of more than 30 […]